Olympics: You don’t need subtitles!

I will freely admit that I am an Olympics junkie. When the “16 Days of Glory” are over, I go through serious withdrawal. Last time, I watched badminton (the only sport I was ever good at) at 6:30 in the morning. While I briefly entertained the idea of taking vacation just so I could fit a few more hours of Olympic-event watching into my day, I realized that was a little much.

While I have some issues with AT&T’s U-Verse, I am thrilled they have put copies of all the channels showing Olympic coverage in one bunch, starting with NBC on Channel 72, so it is much easier to flip among them. So easy in fact, I found myself watching archery in Korean (yes, Korean) yesterday because AT&T also has included their Korean and Chinese channels in the mix. Sure, I didn’t know what the commentators were saying, but the graphics would occasionally flip to English, and it isn’t as if the rules of archery are all that hard to figure out.

Those Korean women were really good, even in the pouring rain. They set a world record on their way to the gold medal! The way their rowdy fans were going on in their rain slickers, you would think we were watching soccer. I read somewhere later that they are ranked 1, 2 and 3 in the world and are expected to take all the medals in the individual event. I don’t think NBC prime time would touch this with a 10-foot pole, but it was fun to watch and see a view of the Olympics from outside the U.S.